"The City of Delhi Before the Siege," from the Illustrated London
News, Jan. 16, 1858; CLICK ON EITHER HALF OF THE MAP FOR A VERY LARGE
SCAN,
and note that the map looks SOUTHWARD, with the viewer positioned NORTH
of the city

Source: ebay, Feb. 2006. With thanks to
William Dalrymple for help in identifying various sites.

1. The Jumna
3. Pontoon Bridge
4. Salimghur, an ancient fort [on the river just north of the Red Fort,
though its number seems to be missing or obscured]; *Routes*
5. Palace and Gardens
6. The Marble Hall, or Throne-room
7. Main street of Delhi, Chandni Chauk
8. Canal-street
9. The Banking-house; *engraving*
[formerly
*Begum
Sumroo's palace*]
10. The Jumma Musjid
11. The Sadoola Khan [a large chauk or square created by Shah Jahan's
vazir]
13. Negumbod Gate [near Nigambodh Ghat]
21. Turkoman Gate; *nowadays*
22. Delhi Gate [of the city, not the Palace]; *nowadays*
23. Gaol
24. Lunatic asylum
25. English church
[25 1/2: the old Residency, between the church and the Magazine]
26. Magazine and Store Houses; *1858*;
*"the old powder magazine which was blown
up during the Mutiny"*
27. Skinner's House
30. Kutb Minar; *Routes*
31. Ruins of Ancient Delhi; *Routes*